Current Report

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 8, 2003

 


 

 

STERIS CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Ohio

 

0-20165

 

34-1482024

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio

 

44060-1834

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (440) 354-2600

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 



ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.

 

On April 8, 2003, STERIS Corporation announced that, through a subsidiary, it had acquired Hamo Holding AG headquartered in Pieterlen, Switzerland. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The press release announcing this transaction is available on the Company’s web site at www.steris.com.

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

STERIS Corporation

By:

 

/S/    LAURIE BRLAS


   

Laurie Brlas

Senior Vice President

and Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: April 8, 2003

 

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